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The OneWeb 900 sat constellation is being deployed mostly on Soyuz rockets
2018-03-13
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There are 3 massive sat networks that will soon be launched. The biggest is SpaceX's Starlink, next is OneWeb's and last is a Chinese one. Boeing has a large network in development but not much has appeared, in public, about its launchers or launch time frame. It seems that OneWeb is launching most of theirs on Russian rockets.
Russian rockets and Dmitry Rogozin are intertwined. Rogozin became one of the first seven people who were put under executive sanctions by US President Barack Obama. Wikipedia on Rogozin It would be kind of hard to do this big a deal without Sergey Chemezov being involved too.
plus 5 launches from Bezos
One Web Constellation

We want to thank Softbank, Qualcomm, Grupo Salinas and our tireless, hyper-dedicated, mission driven team for helping to make this vision a reality Our initial investing partners—including Airbus, Bharti, Coca-Cola, Hughes, Intelsat, MDA, and Virgin—have been incredibly supportive during the process, thank you for believing.

So are we to assume the named companies support the Russians over American firms? The SpaceX network will be going up on Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and later BFR, all made and launched in the USA rockets!

Bharti - (Indian Company)
The OneWeb satellites are being made by AirBus in Toulouse France. AirBus link

Addresses of OneWeb:

London Office: West Works Building, 195 Wood Lane W12 7FQ

DC Office: 1400 Key Blvd, Level A - Suite #1, Arlington, VA 22209

Directions: Please enter from the Oak St. entrance. If you enter from the Key Blvd side, please take the elevator to Floor A, not the first floor.

Florida Office: 400 High Point Dr, Suite 400, Cocoa, FL 32926

California Office: 2570 W. El Camino Real, Suite 440, Mountain View, CA 94040

VA Tysons Office: 8201 Greensboro Dr, Suite 405, McLean, VA 22102
Posted by:3dc

#3  Was China trying to wrest control over OneWeb?

5G ccellular.
Posted by: Flineck Ebbirong6253   2018-03-13 17:25  

#2  Trump blocking Qualcomm sale

That was getting the predictable whining in the comments on all the kneejerk lefty tech sites today.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-03-13 14:49  

#1  Hmm today's story about Trump blocking Qualcomm sale to Broadcom (Singapore with China ctrl).
Was China trying to wrest control over OneWeb?
Posted by: 3dc   2018-03-13 00:24  

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